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3-Jun-13 World View -- China's premier visits India, fails to solve any problems

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3-Jun-13 World View -- China's premier visits India, fails to solve any problems

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China's premier visits India, fails to solve any problems


China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with President Xi Jinping (Getty)
China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with President Xi Jinping (Getty)

With China's new government in power, led by president Xi Jinping, the new prime minister Li Keqiang chose India as his first international visit, with the nominal objectives of reducing tensions in at least three areas: India/China border disputes, trade and commercial relations, and China-Pakistan relations. An analysis from the point of view of India indicates failures in all three areas.

China's Depsang Plain incursion

Li Keqiang's visit to India was overshadowed by a recent incident in the Depsang Plain region of the border between China and India. On April 15, China's military intruded 19 kilometers past the agreed "line of actual control" (LAC) that supposedly defines the India/China border, into the Depsang Plain. The intrusion threatened a 750 square km region whose access was blocked by China's military. According to Indian analysts, China's has used this technique frequently during the past few decades: Use the military to take control of a piece of Indian territory, then claim "indisputable" sovereignty via some distant historical claim -- the same technique that the Chinese have used time after time in the South China Sea.

From the Indian point of view, India forced the Chinese to retreat by resorting to diplomatic hardball: Specifically, the Indians threatened to cancel Li Keqiang's trip unless the Chinese pulled out, which they did. One may assume that India's victory will be short-lived, as China can return to its previous behavior now that Li's visit has ended. India Times and The Hindu

The results of Li Keqiang's visit to India

For the three nominal reasons for Li's visit to India, little or nothing was accomplished from the Indian point of view:

The Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA) (New Delhi)

Syria's opposition fighters clash with Hezbollah in Lebanon

The Syria conflict continues to spill over into Lebanon where, for the first time, Syria's opposition fighters are carrying the fight into Lebanon, in response to last week's announcement by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that Hezbollah fighters would actively fight alongside the Syrian army in Syria. The clashes in Lebanon occur just as it appears that the Syrian army is close to winning a major victory in Qusair, Syria, where thousands of civilians are trapped and are under attack. Al-Jazeera and AP

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